Dealing with Damaged Negatives

[asnapshot]

I am getting ready to start scanning all my old negatives and photos. The problem I have is with the negatives. They are in archive pages in a binder but they still have curled. There are about 300 pages and wanted to know which way I should go. Should I try washing and drying them or finding a way to put pressure press on them. I wanted to get started on this over the holiday weekend coming up. I'm open to any help I can get.

 

[skieur]

A flat bed scanner where the top comes down will keep them flat and a program called Digital Ice does a good job with scratches, dust, and various other problems on old negatives.

skieur

 

[terri32 3]

Use canned air or a fine sable brush to clean them off first. If you are tempted to weight them down, make sure you've removed dust particles, as well.